The Press Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/2vkBWPj) that Santa Rosa police Wednesday were attempting to identify a man who fell about 80 feet Tuesday off the 100-foot tower along the Santa Rosa Creek Trail near the west end of Sixth Street.

Bryan Hanson, who had been working at the nearby 6th Street Playhouse, said he heard a loud noise around 1:45 p.m. Running outside, he saw smoke and noticed the man standing on the tower.

“He was screaming,” Hanson said. “His clothes and his hair were on fire. I saw him get two, three jolts. His body was gyrating. Then he fell. He hit the first rung on the tower and then he started cartwheeling.”

Officials say the man suffered burns to about 75 percent of his body and serious injuries from the fall.

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